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Headword: Apo kalou xulou kan apanxasthai
Adler number: alpha,3334
Translated headword: should be hanged from a fine timber
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Aristophanes] wants to say that it is better to employ noble and well-scrutinized generals than base ones. For if it is necessary to suffer, better to suffer at the hands of someone good than someone base. And Aristophanes [writes]: "if you should stumble, at least [you will hang] from [a timber that is] worthy."[1]
Greek Original:
Apo kalou xulou kan apanxasthai: thelei legein, hoti beltion esti chrêsthai tois gennaiois stratêgois kai dedokimasmenois ê tois phaulois. kan gar deêi pathein, kreitton ap' agathou ê phaulou paschein. kai Aristophanês: kan ti sphalêt' ex axiou goun.
Notes:
From the scholia to Aristophanes, Frogs 736 (web address 1), quoted in truncated form at the end.
cf. alpha 2815, kappa 321.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: botany; comedy; daily life; ethics; imagery; law; military affairs
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 14 February 2002@16:12:09.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (augmented note; added keywords; cosmetics) on 15 February 2002@03:26:49.
David Whitehead (more keywords; tweaking) on 2 April 2012@08:59:04.
David Whitehead on 28 August 2015@02:56:08.
Catharine Roth (tweaked link) on 15 September 2015@01:43:13.
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